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In an email to U.S. Sen. John Kerry's (D-Boston) supporters, Vicki Kennedy, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Hyannis Port) wife, thanked Kerry for dedicating his ride in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike-a-thon for cancer this weekend to her husband and called on supporters to donate money to the cause.